Congressional Medal of Honor Society

16 Pearl Harbor Day Medal of Honor Recipients, Dec. 7, 1941

On December 7, 1941, the United States was pulled into World War II by a Japanese aerial attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In a day full of heroic actions, 16 of them resulted in the Medal of Honor.

Peter Tomich

World War II

1941 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, USA

Franklin van Valkenburgh

World War II

1941 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, USA

James R. Ward

World War II

1941 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, USA

Cassin Young

World War II

1941 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, USA

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